# BandScore: Interactive Scores — Tabs, Notes & Audio Practice

> Tabs, Notes & Audio Practice (iPhone/iPad app by Matthias Santer.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bandscore-interactive-scores/id1541169630 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Matthias Santer](https://appshunter.io/developer/1538440760)
- Category: Music, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 275 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), European Spanish
- Released: 2023-07-05
- Data updated: 2026-10-20

## What is BandScore?

BandScore — practice and play with audio, scores, and your band.

iPhone, iPad, and Mac. English, German, French, Spanish.

Free version: up to 5 songs, 1 audio file per song

Simple mode
- Import audio files to create songs
- Audio player with adjustable playback speed and pitch (transpose or fine-tune)
- Set markers and play ranges for looping
- Import lyrics and view them in sync with playback
- Organize songs into sets, including last played and recent sets
- Songs sync via iCloud across your Apple devices
- Tours, function search, settings filter, Siri, and Shortcuts

Advanced mode
- Import scores: Guitar Pro (GPX/GP2/GP3/GP4/GP5/GP/GP7), MusicXML, or MIDI
- Add an audio playback file or an Apple Music track 
- Display the score as guitar tab, regular staff, percussion staff, percussion tab, piano staff, or piano tab

Score player (Advanced mode)
- Scrolling score with play position and note highlighting
- Adjust playback speed and audio pitch
- Loop playback; optional count-in
- Define one or more play ranges (start/end)
- Optionally play score notes with the built-in MIDI player 

Lead sheet (Advanced mode)
- Scrolling sheet with lyrics and chord symbols
- Play along with the audio track

WITH PLAYER VERSION (In-App Purchase) YOU RECEIVE IN ADDITION:

- Manage unlimited number of songs (device and iCloud storage restrictions apply)
- Multiple playback files (audio tracks) per song

Playlists:
- Assign songs to one or multiple playlists

Recording:
- Record from a connected instrument
- Mix your recording with the song playback tracks for playback and export
- Add audio processing (volume, pan, EQ, compressor, reverb) for the recording

Band network (Advanced mode):
- Connect nearby BandScore devices and sync song selection and play start/stop
- Send songs, play settings, and messages to peers

Audio Separation:
- Split audio on device into vocals, drums, bass, piano, and other stems (no cloud, no extra fee)
- Mac with Apple silicon; iPhone 13 or newer; iPad Pro (2018+); iPad Air (2022+)

Page-turn keys:
- Page-turn keys or a Bluetooth pedal for transport control in lead sheet and player
- Define command for keys in Settings

WITH THE FULL VERSION (subscription or one-time purchase) YOU RECEIVE IN ADDITION:

- All the features from the Player version
- Create new songs from scratch using score editor and chord list editor

Song parts:
- Add, delete or merge song parts

Score editing (NOT AVAILABLE on iPhone — iPad and Mac only):
- Add, delete, copy, paste measures, notes, chords
- Transpose, quantize, bends, slides, hammer-ons/pull-offs
- Chord signs, lyrics, and comments
- Align tempo from detected transients and beats
- Cut, delay, or insert silence in audio
- Markers and MIDI program or control changes

Lyric editor:
- Edit lyric text and times on the beat grid
- Follow playback or align times to the vocals
- Import from internet, LRC, or text; extract from audio (macOS/iOS 26)

Chord list editor:
- Sections and section order in text or grid
- Transpose, find and replace, key, chord names
- Import chord sheets (chord and lyric lines)
- Retrieve chords from the score across parts

Export:
- Export BandScore files, MIDI, PDF (score, lead sheet, lyrics), LRC, and more

MIDI:
- Send defined MIDI controls while playing

Mac:
- Menu bar, shortcuts, context menus, and extra windows
- Command-click or Shift-click to select songs
- Score selection details in its own window

Purchases are tied to your Apple ID and work across your devices. Score editing is on iPad and Mac only. Lyric editor, chord lists, song parts, and export are also on iPhone.

Optional anonymous usage analytics (opt-in): BandScore may collect sparse product-interaction events (app opens, upgrade funnel, Assistant outcomes) to improve the app. Song titles and chat message content are not collected. You can change this in Settings. Privacy: https://www.musician-apps.com/privacy/

Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full version (1 year) | $17.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full version (one time purchase) | $34.99 | one-time |
| Player version | $12.99 | one-time |


## Is BandScore safe?

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## Is BandScore legit?

BandScore: Interactive Scores appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for BandScore is 90 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.0 — 2026-10-12

New:
	•	macOS integration now includes native mode with support for context menus, click-selection, and keyboard shortcuts.  
	•	Added translations for German, French, and Spanish.  
	•	Song list enhancements: last played list, recent song sets and simplified menu.  
	•	Song player updates: new vertical staff display with real-time note highlighting, play from last remembers the last 5 positions.  
	•	Bluetooth page-turn pedal support in PlayMode and Lead Sheet, with command configuration in Settings.  
	•	Redesigned player for audio playback without score display.  
	•	Redesigned recording player featuring an audio flow visualization.  
	•	Lyrics functionality: automated extraction from audio and synchronization with playback.  
	•	Help improvements: introductory tours, function search, and settings filtering.  
	•	Siri and Shortcuts integration via App Intents for BandScore.  
	•	Chord list editor: import with chord recognition across multiple song parts/instruments.  
	•	Chord sheet import from text format (alternating chord and lyric lines).  
	•	Score editor: transient detection and alignment with notation.

Fixes and improvements:
	•	Enhanced notation rendering for standard and percussion staves  
	•	Refined beat detection and automated tempo synchronization   
	•	Improved lead sheet visualization  
	•	Enhanced score playback for legato articulations, slides, and pitch bends  
	•	Improved score overviews in song details and the score editor  
	•	Standardized terminology and language consistency  
	•	Streamlined chord naming logic  
	•	Refined functionality in the score, chord list, and lyrics editors  
	•	Resolved import issues for GP7, MIDI, and MusicXML files  
	•	Improved display of notes spanning measures in tablature  
	•	Other minor refinements and performance improvements

### 4.1 — 2026-03-26

Songs & Library
	•	Song list: show number of songs, play history, search includes songs in other sets
	•	Song sets are now optional
	•	Song details: playback files can be set in order
	•	Song details: assigned PDFs stored/recovered (fixed), stale PDFs can be deleted (fixed)

Playback & Player
	•	Capture tap tempo during playback
	•	Simple mode: show multiple assigned audio files in scroll view
	•	Simple mode: scroll via overview drag, accurate playback position at reduced speed (fixed)
	•	Playback sync: fixed audio/display sync issues with Bluetooth devices
	•	Recording mixer: fixed playback positioning with multiple files and speed changes

Lyrics & Karaoke
	•	Lyric editor: new implementation, import from internet (LIBLRC), consolidated import screen, prompt import when lyrics are empty, improved PDF export
	•	Lead sheet: edit lyrics option, improved presentation for lyrics and chords, improved PDF export
	•	Play mode: simple and advanced modes with karaoke-style lyric display

Score Editor
	•	Delete following measures
	•	Add panel: add measure at beginning/end, add lyrics, add chord signs
	•	Rename save state
	•	Navigation on macOS: left/right cursor keys move between measures
	•	Tempo & playback: improved automatic tempo alignment, metronome silent on start (fixed), play selected removed
	•	Editing improvements: improved bend curve editor, cleanup tab for guitar tabs, show percussion destination type while dragging
	•	Fixes: overlapping notes fixed, note “Listen” fixed, legato stop issue fixed, part transpose/playback file persistence fixed, transpose for non-pitch notes

Chords & Harmony
	•	Chord list: define song key, chord name suggestions, history, restore save state
	•	Settings: unified “show chord signs” and “show chord names”

UI, Navigation & Platforms
	•	Function search in Help and Score Edit with navigation and instructions
	•	Onboarding dialog
	•	iPad: Menu entries for iOS 26
	•	iPhone: chord list and lyric editor available

Playlists
	•	Playlist: optional emoji, option to remove songs in trash (fixed)

Import, Export & Integration
	•	Apple Music import screen fixed
	•	Alternative tuning import fixed
	•	Band network: optional transfer of playback files
	•	MIDI export (ghost notes) fixed

Advanced Audio & Tools
	•	Stem splitter continues queue after cancel/complete (fixed)

Licensing
	•	One-time full version purchase option

### 4.0.2 — 2026-01-07

Bug fixes and improvements on stem split processing

### 4.0.1 — 2025-11-20

Bug fixes

### 4.0 — 2025-10-23

Redesigned main screen, Simple mode, Support for MacOS/iOS/iPadOS 26, Other improvements.

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